Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISIEvaluation of the Georg Forster Research Funding Programme
With the Georg Forster Research Funding Programme, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH) sponsors researchers from emerging and developing countries with funds from the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). With this funding the AvH would like to pay special tribute to the importance of scientists from the global South in achieving the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals. The sponsorship programme has two main focuses: the Georg Forster Research Fellowship and the Georg Forster Research Award. Since 1997, the Georg Forster Research Fellowship has provided funding for excellent scientists from developing and emerging countries to carry out research projects in Germany. With the Georg Forster Research Award, the AvH has been honouring outstanding scientists from developing and emerging countries for their scientific achievements to date since 2012. Both funding approaches are aimed at the application or reception of the research results in their home region.